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Gale Norton is gone, and with
the arrival of a new Secretary of the Interior, there is renewed hope
for Alaska's wolves. But with
the state possibly only weeks away from a new aerial gunning season, we
need your help to prevent the killing of hundreds of wolves. Send a
letter to Kempthorne today – urge him to stop the wolf
massacre!
Under Alaska's barbaric aerial gunning policy, marksmen can shoot wolves from the air or use airplanes to chase them in deep snow to the point of exhaustion then land and execute them at point blank range. Last year, a state judge has ruled that Alaska's regulations, upon which their aerial gunning program is based, were illegal - creating a temporary reprieve for Alaska’s targeted wolves. But the Alaska Board of Game sidestepped the ruling by approving new regulations, issuing aerial gunning permits and allowing the deaths of more than 150 wolves last winter alone. This brutal program could end tomorrow, if only Secretary of the Interior Kempthorne would enforce the Federal Airborne Hunting Act (FAHA) in Alaska. Sign our petition to Secretary Kempthorne today! The FAHA was enacted in 1971, principally to curtail the airborne killing of wolves in Alaska... So why does aerial gunning continue in 2006? Defenders of Wildlife has demonstrated, in earlier petitions to the federal government, that Alaska's aerial wolf control programs are a gross mismanagement of wildlife resources and out-of-synch with the law. But so far, the federal government has refused to act. And now that the Alaska Board of Game has voted against popular opinion to reinstate aerial gunning, marksmen can once again take to the air to pursue and slaughter hundreds of wolves. That's why we need your voice today - please sign our petition to Secretary Kempthorne now, and then please forward this message to your friends and family who love wildlife as much as you do. We need everyone's signature to succeed! Sign here: http://go.care2.com/e/IShF/tcW/KyFd Thank you for acting today to save Alaska's wolves, |
